The Feder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,884 people carried this name — #11,026 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,708 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Feder surname
A surname, equivalent to English Feather.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Feder» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
384 people named Feder have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 462 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 267 people named Feder.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 103 people named Feder live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Feder live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Feder in American newspapers,
1897–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,340,926 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Feder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Georg Heinrich Feder 1740–1821 · writer -
Johannes Feder d. 1617 · Protestant theologian
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Georg Feder 1550–1609 · Catholic theologian
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Tobias Feder 1650–1721 · citizen
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Martin Heinrich Feder 1693–1749 · genealogist
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Johann Philipp Feder 1706–1771 · pastor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Feder.
- Fe 140 · U.S. census
- Fechter 831 · U.S. census
- Feck 466 · U.S. census
- Fede 545 · U.S. census
- Fedele 2,085 · U.S. census
- Fedeli 303 · U.S. census
- Federici 856 · U.S. census
- Federico 5,951 · U.S. census
- Federspiel 773 · U.S. census
- Fedon 156 · U.S. census
- Fedrizzi 221 · U.S. census
- Fee 6,453 · U.S. census
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